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3D satellite route map of a four-day loop from Onion Valley over Kearsarge Pass and Glen Pass to Sixty Lakes Basin and Mt. Cotter, Kings Canyon National Park

Trip Reports

Mt. Cotter & Sixty Lakes Basin via Kearsarge Pass — Kings Canyon NP — September 2026

My 35th birthday with five friends: over Kearsarge and Glen Pass to Sixty Lakes Basin, and a sunrise scramble up Mt. Cotter.

Backpacking

Pioneer Basin & Golden Lake via Mono Pass — July 2026

Three days over Mono Pass with Ariel and Atlas: a beginner-friendly basecamp at Golden Lake, a mosquito-swarmed push into Pioneer Basin, and 10/10 barefoot grass.

Satellite terrain map showing the red-lined route from Tuolumne Meadows down the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne, with Tuolumne Peak, Mt Hoffmann, Polly Dome, Tenaya Lake and Olmsted Point label

The Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne — Yosemite NP — Oct 2024

Point-to-point down the Tuolumne past Waterwheel Falls, from the Meadows to White Wolf.

Google Earth satellite map of the Butterfly Loop route traced in purple over Lamarck Col through Evolution Basin and McGee Lakes, Kings Canyon National Park

Evolution Valley Butterfly Loop— Kings Canyon NP — August 2020

Over Lamarck Col to a Darwin Bench basecamp — one day looping Evolution Valley, the next McGee Lakes and Evolution Basin.

Google Earth terrain map of the ~75-mile High Sierra Trail traced in red from Crescent Meadow to Mt. Whitney, with the off-trail Kaweah Basin excursion omitted, Sequoia National Park

The High Sierra Trail and The Kaweah Basin — July 2018

Off the High Sierra Trail and into the Kaweah — one of the most remote basins in the Sierra.

Havasu Falls (also known as Havasupai Falls) pouring over red sandstone cliffs into a turquoise pool, with green cottonwood trees and canyon walls, Havasupai Reservation, Arizona

Havasupai Falls: March 2018

Blue-green water in the desert: the hike into Havasupai and its famous falls.